Junior Leagues

Warwickshire Cricket Foundation run a comprehensive youth competition programme utilising the ECB’s Junior Recommended formats to ensure the game grows and develops to suit junior club players’ needs.

Warwickshire Cricket Foundation are committed to ensuring all players have the opportunity to play competitive cricket at a suitable level.

WCF runs Premier Leagues at U11, U13 and U15, which are the elite competitions we run and these are supported by ‘Championship’ Divisions at same age groups to bridge the gap between Premier Leagues and “Standard” Leagues.

All Premier, Championship and Standard leagues are 11-a-side traditional cricket with 20 over games at U11 and 25 over games at U13 and U15. Standard leagues are 11-a-side, 20 overs per side for U12, U13, U14, U15 and U17.

Click here to find out all the fixtures and results for the 2024 season.

We also run 8-a-side pairs hardball cricket leagues at U9, U10 and U11 and U13 which support our 11-a-side leagues offer, a perfect introduction to hardball cricket for the younger age groups

For those slightly younger, we offer softball leagues for U9’s (run in a festival format across the county) and U10’s, which is run in a league format. Softball cricket is brilliant for players who are starting to play competitive cricket for the first time as well as those who are starting to experience hardball cricket to enable a smooth transition.

Our leagues run until the end of July with finals for Standard and Pairs league taking place in September

In 2023, the counties softball leagues were very successful, we saw a real big increase in children wanting to progress into hardball cricket.

Andy Turnbull

Andy Turnbull

Club Development Officer

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Age groups included in WCF’s junior cricket offer

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Different formats offered in hardball and softball cricket

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Junior leagues ran in 2023

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